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H7532 H7532
N-proper-fs  |  4× in 1 sense
Rizpah (personal name, possibly 'glowing coal, hot stone')
This female name identifies Saul's concubine, mother of two sons executed by the Gibeonites. Her vigil protecting her sons' bodies from scavengers (2 Samuel 21:10) represents one of Scripture's most poignant maternal images. The name possibly derives from 'glowing coal' or 'hot stone,' though the etymology is uncertain.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine. She appears in 2 Samuel 3:7, where Ishbosheth accuses Abner of relations with her (a claim to royal power); and prominently in 2 Samuel 21:8, 10-11, where her two sons are among seven of Saul's descendants executed by the Gibeonites to end a famine. Her vigilant protection of the corpses from birds and beasts until David buried them honorably became a powerful image of maternal devotion. The name's etymology is uncertain; if from רִצְפָּה I, it might mean 'pavement, hot stone,' or 'glowing coal.' Multilingual glosses transliterate consistently: Spanish 'Ritspah/Ritspa,' French 'Rizpah,' German 'Rizpah.' 4×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Proper Names (Personal)
AR["رِصْفَةَ", "رِصْفَةُ"]·ben["রিস্পা", "রিস্পার"]·DE["Ritspah", "Rizpah"]·EN["Ritspah", "Rizpah"]·FR["Ritspah", "Rizpah"]·heb["רצפה"]·HI["रिसपा-के", "रिसपा-ने", "रिस्पाह"]·ID["Rizpa"]·IT["Ritspah", "Rizpah"]·jav["Rizpa", "Rizpah"]·KO["리스바", "리스바라"]·PT["Ritspah"]·RU["Рицпа", "Рицпы"]·ES["Ritspa", "Ritspah"]·SW["Rispa"]·TR["Ritspa", "Ritspa'nın"]·urd["رصفہ-نے", "رصفہ-کے", "رضفہ"]
2 Sam 3:7, 2 Sam 21:8, 2 Sam 21:10, 2 Sam 21:11
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. רִצְפָּה n.pr.f. concubine of Saul, 2 S 3:7; 21:8, 10, 11, Ρεσφα.